Senior Demand Planning & Analytics Lead

tarte cosmetics; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 66,500 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary $66,500–$75,000

Medical, dental, vision, 401K

Paid vacation & holidays

Makeup gratis & employee discount

Friendly, creative environment

Job summary

tarte is seeking a highly analytical Sr. Planning Analyst to support forecasting and demand planning across our channels. This role manages SKU-level forecasts, drives performance analysis, and collaborates cross-functionally to optimize inventory for launches, promotions, and channel growth.

The successful candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, is detail oriented, and comfortable summarizing large datasets. Deep understanding of retail and digital commerce dynamics is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Analytics, Economics, or a related field.
• 2–4 years of experience in demand planning, supply chain, or digital analytics within a high‑growth consumer brand or eCommerce environment.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel; experience with demand planning tools (Vanguard a plus) and BI platforms (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills; ability to synthesize insights from large datasets.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across departments and levels.
• Highly organized, self‑motivated, and comfortable managing competing priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Must have experience leveraging AI‑powered tools (Claude, chatgpt, perplexity, replit, sora, etc) and innovation. Vibe coding experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Forecast Ownership & Planning: Support SKU-level demand planning for core, promotional, and newness assortments with direction from the Demand Planning and Merchandising teams.
• Monitor sales trends, seasonal shifts, and launch performance to improve forecast accuracy and agility.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to analyze retailer and product performance trends and variances to forecast.
• Analytics, Reporting & Insights: Analyze retail, supply chain, and marketing data to identify demand drivers, risks, and gaps.
• Build and maintain dashboards and custom reports to track KPIs, forecast accuracy, and product performance.
• Conduct post-launch and promotional event analyses to inform future planning strategies.
• Inventory Alignment & Risk Mitigation: Collaborate with operations and supply chain teams to close inventory gaps, reduce overstock risk, and ensure readiness for launches.
• Partner with Allocations to review purchase orders, weeks of supply, and communicate risk based on sell thru projections.
• Review and approve inventory for allocations and gratis transfers related to newness, campaigns, and retail events.
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration: Lead forecast‑related discussions and influence decision‑making across internal teams.
• Align assumptions for product demand, marketing cadence, and market‑level inventory strategy.
• System Ownership & Continuous Improvement: Act as a SME for the Vanguard Demand Planning Tool.
• Identify opportunities to enhance planning processes, improve data flow, and automate reporting tasks.
• Contribute to process documentation and best practice development to scale global digital planning capabilities.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Analytics, Economics, or related field

Tools

Excel

Vanguard Demand Planning Tool

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

tarte is seeking a highly analytical Sr. Planning Analyst to support forecasting and demand planning across our channels. This role manages SKU-level forecasts, drives performance analysis, and collaborates cross-functionally to optimize inventory for launches, promotions, and channel growth.

The successful candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, is detail oriented, and comfortable summarizing large datasets. Deep understanding of retail and digital commerce dynamics is a plus.